Harris v. McRae
1980 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that states participating in Medicaid are not required to fund medically necessary abortions for which federal reimbursement was unavailable as a result of the Hyde Amendment, which restricted the use of federal funds for abortion.[1] The Court also held that the funding restrictions of the Hyde Amendment did not violate the Fifth Amendment or the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Quick Facts Harris v. McRae, Argued April 21, 1980 Decided June 30, 1980 ...
Harris v. McRae | |
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Argued April 21, 1980 Decided June 30, 1980 | |
Full case name | Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Cora McRae, et al. |
Citations | 448 U.S. 297 (more) 100 S. Ct. 2671; 65 L. Ed. 2d 784; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 145 |
Case history | |
Prior | McRae v. Califano, 491 F. Supp. 630 (E.D.N.Y. 1980) |
Subsequent | Petition for rehearing denied, 448 U.S. 917 (1980). |
Holding | |
States that participated in Medicaid were not required to fund medically necessary abortions for which federal reimbursement was unavailable as a result of the Hyde Amendment. The funding restrictions of the Hyde Amendment did not violate either the Fifth Amendment or the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stewart, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist |
Concurrence | White |
Dissent | Brennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun |
Dissent | Marshall |
Dissent | Blackmun |
Dissent | Stevens |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. I, V; Hyde Amendment |
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